My 2 cents: Since pain meds are legal, people think it's ok. They think that you have health insurance so you must be a decent citizen. I've never had a script for anything except antibiotics and I pop pills all the time. Not bragging, jus sayin. I think most people have this image of a heroin user as being dirty, homeless, and a raging junkie that they will suck your dick for a bag. While the image of a pill popper is clean, responsible, can hold a 9-5... etc. They are both the same to me. An addict is an addict is an addict... Doesn't matter your doc. My personal experience: I've def bought bags of H when I couldn't get pills for days. It was way cheaper too. It's all the same thing. Opiate and opiate. One is synthetic. I personally do not feel "better" or "cleaner" or more "responsible" than a heroin user. Actually, heroin users are smarter financially than pill poppers.